Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi………….. (0)
Posted 26 January, 2008 in General, Diary
When I consider whether I’m giving my children the best chance in life that I can, the fact they were born in Australia is like winning Lotto. Peace, freedom, opportunity, wealth, health, space - it’s all here. Not to mention it’s full of some of the best people you’ll find anywhere! Is there really any doubt this is the best country in the world?
Happy Australia Day!
“Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the ‘Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence’ syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.”
- Douglas Adams
Thoughts and prayers for Tim Blair (0)
Posted 15 January, 2008 in General, Politics
Australia’s most prominent righty blogger has a bit of a battle with jack-the-dancer.
The right-wing blog scene won’t be same ’till he’s back on deck. Thoughts and prayers until that occurs.
Yay! Enviro-freaks drive themselves to extinction! (2)
Posted 26 November, 2007 in General, Humour, Philosophy
Via Tim Blair, it appears environmental nutcases are refusing to breed in order to “protect the planet”.
Hey, no problems with that. You go, girl!
A similarly minded young man adds “Sarah and I don’t need children to feel complete. What makes us happy is knowing that we are doing our bit to save our precious planet.”
And what makes healthy people like me jump for joy is that people like you aren’t breeding! Yay!
Of course, our enviro-knobs don’t comment on any deeper issues, like whether the human race should exist at all, or whether a limit of one child per couple would reduce the population to an ‘acceptable’ level, or what an ‘acceptable’ level is and why, or why humans have any less right to be on the planet than other forms of life. You see, you have to take these questions as an act of faith; extreme environmentalism is religion, after all.
Our first nutjob adds “Having children is selfish…………….”.
Damn straight, you crazy biatch! As any Objectivist will tell you, that’s precisely why you should do it. A more perfect reflection of yourself is the productive person’s greatest reward and a wonderful way to delight your soul! It’s also one pleasure that these freaks definitely don’t deserve!
Natural justice, you might say.
If I could have any car as my daily driver this would be it (0)
Posted 3 September, 2007 in General
Cars generally don’t do it for me. I usually evaluate them in very cold engineering terms, being a trade off between performance, fuel economy, features, safety and value for money. However the Morgan Aeromax doesn’t get assessed on these terms! I absolutely love it’s retro look, quirkiness and peculiar beauty.
Wikipedia as a tool to manipulate the masses (0)
Posted 19 August, 2007 in General
A bright spark by the name of Virgil Griffith has come up with WikiScanner, which has caused a bit of a stir. Who’d of thunk it: people manipulate Wikipedia to suit their own purposes, and the bigger the organisation (i.e. major corporations and government) the cleverer and more clandestine they are at manipulating it!
This is hardly a surprise, even with the checks and balances of the Wikipedia staff. Of course the CIA is going to have a vested interest in this, of course a politician will cover up their inconvenient indiscretions, and of course major corporations will see this as a cheap way to maintain corporate image. This is the information age, after all.
I think this really just reveals two things. Firstly, the free information approach offered by the internet is still valid and these kind of operations are just part of that market. Wikipedia is still just as relevant now despite these things being brought to light. In fact, as more of history is recorded in this forum and others like it, it will probably become a more accurate record over the years than the ‘official’ histories. Secondly, despite the first point there will always be a user pays market for premium information services that guarantee a level of impartialiality, accuracy and security from manipulation.
He works at Carphone Warehouse but he’s too classy for Idol (0)
Posted 9 August, 2007 in General
Apparently this guy really is a ‘rags to riches’ story. He works at Carphone Warehouse, loves opera, sings in his spare time, and thought he’d give Idol a shot. The only giveaway is that he’s Welsh, and everyone knows how well those crazy bastards can sing.
His name is Paul Potts. To my untrained ears this is as good as any rendition of Nessun Dorma I’ve ever heard, including Pavarotti, the master himself.